Foundational Concepts of Living Donation Course

February 12 - March 12, 2025

Sessions can be viewed on-demand. This is an introductory, take at your own speed course.

Session Name

Speaker

The Role of the Living Donor Coordinator and The Living Donor Process

Marie Morgievich, RN, APN.C, CCTC, RWJ Barnabas Health,

Dianne LaPointe Rudow, ANP-BC DNP, CCTC, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

The Medical Evaluation of Living Kidney Donors and State of the Art Living Donor Kidney Transplant

David Serur, MD, Hackensack University Medical Center,

Michael Degen, MD, Hackensack University Medical Center

Overview of Surgery and Risks for Living Liver Donation

Juliet Emamaullee MD, PhD FRCSC FACS, Keck Medicine of USC/Children’s Hospital-Los Angeles

Informed Consent: What Do Living Donors Need to Know?

Laura Madigan McCown, DBE, HEC-C, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine

The Independent Living Donor Advocate Interview and The Psychosocial Evaluation of the Living Donor

Farrah Desrosiers, MS, LCSW, CCTSW
New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Transplant Center Program

Foundational Concepts of HLA and KPD

Suzanne McGuire, RN, BSN, CCTC, UCLA Health System Transplant Service, 

Ellen Shukhman, RN-BC, BSN, CCTC, Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center

Top 10 Things to Know About Living Donor Finances and Maximizing the Tools of the Trade: Resources for Living Donor Professionals

Andrea Tietjen, MBA, CPA, RWJ Barnabas Health,

Ellen Shukhman, RN-BC, BSN, CCTC, Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center

Your Role in Living Donor QAPI and Rules and Regulations

Marian O’Rourke, RN, BSN, Miami Transplant Institute, Jackson Memorial Hospital, 

Gwen E. McNatt, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN, University of Iowa Health Care